I once saw a centipede leave suddenly from under my bedHiding itself beneath my shoeI thought to myself"it is a symbol of aversion"And viewed it as auspicious, a sign of having purged aversionCapturing it, I let it into the wild to be free

Later I saw a centipede leave suddenly from a pile of clothesHiding itself under my bedI thought to myself"this, too, was once my mother, is now a deluded being, and will someday be a living buddha"Thinking this I welcomed its presence beneath my bedMay it have refuge therein